Reply With QuoteDoc Dutch (07-05-2021)
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The Human Freedom Index, 2019 finds that New Zealand is again the freest country in the world, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong. Canada ranks 4th globally, and the United States ranks 15th in this year's report.
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Economic Freedom | Fraser Institute
Doc Dutch (07-05-2021)
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Who knows what tricks the Republicans have up their sleeve?Originally Posted by Gin Saké
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But the State is the people. They all expand to generate greater wealth for members of the State at the expense of the conquered.
"The State" isn't a singular entity. It's more like the ball in the game Push Ball. It goes where the summation of human will takes it. No one person controls much for long if others are against them. Caligula-types are seen small countries, not nations. While greater power may be among the wealthiest citizens (think Citizens United), "the people" still have a voice by sheer numbers.
FWIW, yes, democracy doesn't work for nations which is why republics are used.
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Interesting document. Note Texas is among the most free.The Human Freedom Index, 2019 finds that New Zealand is again the freest country in the world, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong. Canada ranks 4th globally, and the United States ranks 15th in this year's report.
Economic Freedom | Fraser Institute
From the link: "The least-free state was New York at 4.25"California isn't too far behind them.
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-of-north-america-2020-US-edition.pdf
Phantasmal (07-05-2021)
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Republicanism is also made for city states.But the State is the people. They all expand to generate greater wealth for members of the State at the expense of the conquered.
"The State" isn't a singular entity. It's more like the ball in the game Push Ball. It goes where the summation of human will takes it. No one person controls much for long if others are against them. Caligula-types are seen small countries, not nations. While greater power may be among the wealthiest citizens (think Citizens United), "the people" still have a voice by sheer numbers.
FWIW, yes, democracy doesn't work for nations which is why republics are used.
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But they do give the people an equal measure of distance from their representative.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
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"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
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"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
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"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
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"Made for" but also usable by nations. Are you saying the US doesn't work? That the past few centuries were a colossal failure?
No system is perfect but with the current level of human technology the current system seems to work best: a constitutional federal republic fueled by a capitalist economy with a socialist safety net for the elderly, sick and children.
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we've never had a war between two congressional districts have we?....
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
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That would be quality entertainment, though. Especially if it was over fought over the location and appropriations of a defense plant.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
fully immersed in faith..
interesting......I see one of the factors they use to measure how "free" a country is is how many same sex marriages there are.......I guess the gayer you are the better you are......The Human Freedom Index, 2019 finds that New Zealand is again the freest country in the world, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong. Canada ranks 4th globally, and the United States ranks 15th in this year's report.
Economic Freedom | Fraser Institute
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
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I'll take Ringo Starr over either of those two choices!
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You're going to just love Russia or the Congo! Good luck!
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Republicans or Trumplicans (IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE ANYMORE?) hate Romney because he is patriotic to the country and not DONALD TRUMP!
Jack (07-05-2021)
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Agree.
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"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
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